Methanol → N-Dodecyl-4,5-dimethyl-benzene-1,2-diamine

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A mixture of 4.08 g (30 millimoles (mmol)) of 4,5-dimethyl-benzene-1,2-diamine (hereinafter compound “1”) and 2.04 grams (g) (10 mmol) of 1-chloro-dodecane in 20 milliliters (mL) of triethylamine was stirred at 130° C. for 6 hrs under argon. After cooling and addition of dichloromethane (100 mL), the organic solution was washed with aqueous Na2CO3 solution (10%, 40 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted twice with dichloromethane (2×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over MgSO4 and rotary evaporated to dryness. The thin-layer chromatography retention factor (Rf) of the target compound (2) was 0.55 with dichloromethane (MC):methanol (MeOH) (95:5) mixture. Compound (2) was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel in MC:MeOH (95:5) to produce 1.8 g of reddish crystals (60% yield); mp 53-54° C.; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 6.56 (1H, s), 6.50 (1H, s), 3.20 (3H, broad s), 3.1 (2H, t, J=8 Hz), 2.26 (3H, s), 2.21 (3H, s), 1.68 (2H, q, J=7 Hz), 1.46 (2H, m), 1.34 (16H, s), 0.92 (3H, t, J=8 Hz); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) δ 136.0, 131.8, 128.1, 125.9, 118.4, 113.93, 44.7, 31.9, 29.9, 29.69, 29.65, 29.5, 29.4; Anal. Calcd. for C20H36N2 (MW=304.51): C, 78.88; H, 11.92; N, 9.20. Found: C, 78.95; H, 12.16; N, 9.32.

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